Rock Island 1275 works the yards in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the undated photo. 1275 began as a high nose GP-7, later being rebuilt to a GP-7M low nose after accident damage. Photo by William Kuba.By: Frank Grizel

With the demise of The Rock, 1275 eventually found it's way back home to the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area in the form af CRANDIC #97. Shown here working the yard on the south side of Cedar Rapids in 1984.By: Frank Grizel

400 works the yard in Iowa City pushing a load of coal down the hill to interchange with the CRANDIC (before Yocum Connection). Notice the clean long hood lines and the distinct numbers. 11-May-1988By: Frank Grizel

Rock Island 1275 works the yards in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the undated photo. 1275 began as a high nose GP-7, later being rebuilt to a GP-7M low nose after accident damage. Photo by William Kuba.

With the demise of The Rock, 1275 eventually found it's way back home to the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area in the form af CRANDIC #97. Shown here working the yard on the south side of Cedar Rapids in 1984.

97 paired with former SCL slug resting at Iowa City. Eventually due to incompatibility with other units and a fire on board, CRANDIC got rid of 97.

IAIS obtained 97 from Chrome. Shown here in Iowa City still in CRANDIC colors with the CHROME logo. 15-October-1986.

97, 300, and another Chrome unit sit on the hill track in Iowa City. 24-April-1987

400 works the yard in Iowa City pushing a load of coal down the hill to interchange with the CRANDIC (before Yocum Connection). Notice the clean long hood lines and the distinct numbers. 11-May-1988

400 leads a procession of five units east out of Iowa City on 5-DEC-89.

400 after being rebuilt from accident damage heads west with the BICB. Unknown date.

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